To make India a global human resource hub and achieve sustainability in skill development, the private sector needed to employ only trained and certified workers. It is essential that a seamless industry value chain is created to engage the trained and certified workforce, said Rohit Nandan, Secr…
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FLO, Shopclues tie-up to bring women entrepreneurs online
FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO), the industry body’s women wing and online marketplace major Shopclues have announced their tie-up to kick-start the ‘Women Entrepreneurship’ (WE) in e-commerce’ initiative. “As per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between FLO and Clues Network Pv…
Mid-sized consumer companies to benefit from consumption boom: Report
The Indian consumer market, driven by increasing disposable incomes and a favourable demographic shift towards a majority working population, is opening up significant opportunities for several mid-sized consumer companies, a report said. “There has been spectacular growth in this segment (mid-si…
Retail sector to top $1 trillion in 5 years: PwC
Indian retail sector, which is growing at a CAGR of 15 percent, is expected to reach USD 1 trillion over the next five years, buoyed by the growth of new stores and e-commerce, according to a report. India’s robust economic growth and rising household incomes are expected to increase consum…
Healthcare startups attract 8% B2C investments: Study
The road ahead for India’s healthcare sector is set to be revolutionised with the rising base of healthcare startups that recognize the need for making quality healthcare accessible to India’s billion plus population, according to a joint study by FICCI and KPMG in India titled –…
80% of Indian manufacturing industry to adopt the advanced trends by 2020: Report
Tata Strategic Management Group, the management consulting arm of the Tata Group, on August 31 unveiled a report on readiness of Indian manufacturing to adopt advanced manufacturing trends in collaboration with FICCI. The report is based on a first of its kind survey conducted to gauge readiness …
E-marketplace would be game changer in public procurement: Commerce Secy
E-marketplace would be a game changer in public procurement and would give a boost to ‘Make in India’ by removing entry barriers for doing business with the government, Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia said. The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) was developed by Directorate General of Sup…
A riot of colors & weaves at 2nd National Handloom Day Expo
From Kashmiri Pashmina to South Silk, Banarasi Silk Saree and West Bengal Handloom to Lucknow Chikankari and Khadi – everything was at display at Handloom Expo organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) to celebrate Nati…
Smriti Irani to launch ‘Selfie with Handloom’ campaign to boost textile industry
The newly-appointed Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani is not the one to lie low for long. After having been eased out of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) where she had made ripples with such decisions as moves on the New Education Policy (NEP), The Minister is ready to give Ind…
The digital content economy is poised to see the exponential growth: FICCI
Senior executives from the India’s motion picture and digital industries concluded that accessibility; affordability, quality content and online content protection will be the key drivers to sustain growth in India’s digital economy. Fast Track India: Bolstering Growth in the Digital Content Econ…